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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:41 am
by Great Plum
To avoid the heat, got to the Masai Mara - a pleasant 23/24c throughout my stay!
Zanzibar was very humid though!
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:08 am
by Eruresto
Something my room-mate suggested and works very well indeed:
Take a light sleeping bags (I don't know how well a 5 season/the like would work) and open it right up, and use it as a blanket. It works amazingly!
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:08 pm
by Tim_MaA_MidB
Great Plum wrote:To avoid the heat, got to the Masai Mara - a pleasant 23/24c throughout my stay!
Zanzibar was very humid though!
Place name dropper!
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:05 pm
by J.R.
Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:Great Plum wrote:To avoid the heat, got to the Masai Mara - a pleasant 23/24c throughout my stay!
Zanzibar was very humid though!
Place name dropper!
OH NO !!!
Not the dreaded
'dropper' jokes !
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:41 am
by Jude
So Mr and Mrs Plum are back from their travels from afar
guided back in the humid heat as it is in Zanzibar..
So what should we say to this person
who so likes to drop names from afar?
Well you should have bloddy well realised
it would be hot in Zanzibar!
welcome back plum ol' chap, we ahve had great heat since you were away, and were discussing PRACTICAL ways of keeping cool - for some of us that means trying to get a room down to 17/18C to sleep - and what glorious sleep I had last night! room temp 17C, snuggled into my duvet, cat next to me and for the 1st time in what feels like months, slept RIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT! (it's like having a baby all over - I was getting a max of 2hrs then waking up etc.. or not sleeping at all.. but now the cooler weather has arrived, it is bliss, and I have had my car's air con re-gasssed so it now blows icicles out of the vents!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:26 pm
by Great Plum
I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:01 pm
by Jude
Great Plum wrote:I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!
Nothing like telling us all how much you have travelled to exotic places eh??? Some of us only get as far as the end of the local road if that! huh. It's been very humid here - in fact today is horrible - it's partially overcast, with the odd bit of sun, but SOOOO humid.... Anyhow, have watered the garden (using the water syphoned from daughters shower in the bath....see I'm using the water twice, have picked some pansies to press, and I have 3 beautiful sweet peas out in flower - two purple/blues and one cornflower blue... very pretty!
As for keeping cool - will open the windows back and front and let the air in.. .although it might rain which would do all of us the power of good!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:05 pm
by J.R.
Jude wrote:Great Plum wrote:I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!
Nothing like telling us all how much you have travelled to exotic places eh??? Some of us only get as far as the end of the local road if that! huh. It's been very humid here - in fact today is horrible - it's partially overcast, with the odd bit of sun, but SOOOO humid.... Anyhow, have watered the garden (using the water syphoned from daughters shower in the bath....see I'm using the water twice,
have picked some pansies to press, and I have 3 beautiful sweet peas out in flower - two purple/blues and one cornflower blue... very pretty!
As for keeping cool - will open the windows back and front and let the air in.. .although it might rain which would do all of us the power of good!
You'll have RR begging for a visit.
After all, he is the Alan Titchmarsh of this forum !!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:20 pm
by Richard Ruck
J.R. wrote:Jude wrote:Great Plum wrote:I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!
Nothing like telling us all how much you have travelled to exotic places eh??? Some of us only get as far as the end of the local road if that! huh. It's been very humid here - in fact today is horrible - it's partially overcast, with the odd bit of sun, but SOOOO humid.... Anyhow, have watered the garden (using the water syphoned from daughters shower in the bath....see I'm using the water twice,
have picked some pansies to press, and I have 3 beautiful sweet peas out in flower - two purple/blues and one cornflower blue... very pretty!
As for keeping cool - will open the windows back and front and let the air in.. .although it might rain which would do all of us the power of good!
You'll have RR begging for a visit.
After all, he is the Alan Titchmarsh of this forum !!
Oi!!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:31 pm
by Great Plum
I guess you thought that rumour had gone to seed...
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:41 pm
by Richard Ruck
I thought it had been weeded out, yes.
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:53 pm
by J.R.
There's noting like propagating a good idea, Lads !
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:19 pm
by DavebytheSea
Nothing like calling a spade a spade, though.
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:22 pm
by Richard Ruck
Hoe hoe hoe!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:23 pm
by DavebytheSea
Well certainly, Alan - although as Jude says, we do need a bit of rain.
Always grateful for your horticultural advice though.